CVE-2026-98718

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM *before* clearing SEV state Explicitly flush caches after intra-host migration before clearing "SEV active" on the source VM, as doing cache maintenance afterwards creates a tiny window where memory reclaim could return memory to the host without performing a cache flush, e.g. as pointed out by Sashiko: CPU1 in sev_migrate_from(): src->active = false; CPU2 running concurrent unmap: Since active is false, the automatic cache flush in sev_guest_memory_reclaimed is skipped. The host frees and reallocates the page. CPU1 in sev_migrate_from(): sev_writeback_caches(src_kvm); Executes a hardware cache flush (wbnoinvd), which writes the guest's old dirty ciphertext over the new page owner's data.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:25.363000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:19:36.047000

View original CVE JSON

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98718",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:25.363",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:36.047",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM *before* clearing SEV state\n\nExplicitly flush caches after intra-host migration before clearing \"SEV\nactive\" on the source VM, as doing cache maintenance afterwards creates a\ntiny window where memory reclaim could return memory to the host without\nperforming a cache flush, e.g. as pointed out by Sashiko:\n\n  CPU1 in sev_migrate_from():\n    src->active = false;\n\n  CPU2 running concurrent unmap:\n    Since active is false, the automatic cache flush in\n    sev_guest_memory_reclaimed is skipped.\n    The host frees and reallocates the page.\n\n  CPU1 in sev_migrate_from():\n    sev_writeback_caches(src_kvm);\n    Executes a hardware cache flush (wbnoinvd), which writes the guest's old\n    dirty ciphertext over the new page owner's data."
    }
  ],
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          "programFiles": [
            "arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c"
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  "metrics": {},
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